Proto-Yehwei [YEO]
▲
1▲ 1 ▼ 0
Registered by
[Deactivated User] on 30 September 2015
Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Yehwei
Proto-Yehwei, known by its speakers as Yeowae is the common ancestor of the languages spoken in and around the Khinyeo region. It was spoken around the year 800AF.
Sound samples in Proto-Yehwei
Some sound samples of Proto-Yehwei. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Xi yi Yeowae ae no mae hao ta.
I speak English
I speak English
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | t tʰ | k kʰ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | s sʰ | [ɕ]2 ɕʰ | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]3 | |||||||||||||
| Blends | wɛʊ | we | ji | jɯ | [wɯɪ]4 | woɪ | jɛ | juɪ | jɤ | wo |
| jaʊ | wɛ | ja | wuɪ | je | jo | jɛʊ | ju | [wɤɪ]5 | wɤ | |
| wʌɪ | wu | jʌ | wʌ | jʌɪ | wa | wi | [jɤɪ]6 | waʊ | [jɯɪ]7 | |
| wɯ | jaɪ | joɪ | waɪ |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /ɹ/
- allophone of /wuɪ/
- allophone of /wuɪ/
- allophone of /juɪ/
- allophone of /juɪ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |||
| Close-mid | e | ɤ | o | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ||||
| Open | [a]1 | ä | ||||
| Polyphthongs | [ɤɪ]2 | oɪ | [ue]3 | aɪ | uɪ | [ɯɪ]4 | aʊ | [ua]5 | iʊ | [uɛ]6 |
| ɛʊ | eʊ | ʌɪ | [ui]7 |
- allophone of /ä/
- allophone of /uɪ/
- allophone of /we/
- allophone of /uɪ/
- allophone of /wa/
- allophone of /wɛ/
- allophone of /wi/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Yehwei. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Proto-YehweiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | AE ae/ɛ/ | Cc/t͡sʰ/ | Ee/e/ | EO eo/ʌ/ | EU eu/ɤ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/t͡ɕ/ | Kk/k/ |
| KH kh/kʰ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | OO oo/u/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Qq/t͡ɕʰ/ | Rr/ɹ/ |
| Ss/sʰ/ | SS ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/ɯ/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ɕʰ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/t͡s/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Proto-Yehwei Numeral Overview
A quick look at Proto-Yehwei Numerals
29-Jul-16 23:55
